paparazzo

/ ˌpæpəˈrætsəʊ /

noun

1. a freelance photographer who specializes in candid camera shots of famous people and often invades their privacy to obtain such photographs

Word History and Origins

Origin of paparazzo¹

C20: from Italian

Example Sentences

Throw in the paparazzi, whose profits have been shrinking in the wake of digital media and the pandemic, and it’s a recipe for angry parents and chaos.

From Washington Post

The shadowy vibe reflects the atmosphere surrounding her at the time, with songs like the glitchy paparazzi rebuke “Piece of Me” and the spare synth pop banger “Radar” feeling of the always-on digital age.

From Time

Crippling anxiety combined with punishing, sordid attention thrust upon her by paparazzi and others fueled much publicized breakdowns in 2007 and 2008.

From Ozy

Within minutes, the paparazzo had told them where to find Remini.

From The Daily Beast

Both are victims of intense and intrusive attention from the entertainment paparazzi.

From Ozy

Paparazzo was, in fact, the name of a photographer in his film.

From The Daily Beast

Knox still finds herself ambushed by an occasional paparazzo, her callbox buzzed by a Daily Beast reporter.

From The Daily Beast

When the paparazzo pestered him again, asking, “So he could do without the Grammys?”

From The Daily Beast

“We called him BK Boy and he gets upset,” says a New York City paparazzo who frequently stalks the couple.

From The Daily Beast

The paparazzo ruffled and out a functioning camera, then threatened Madoff Mack with a lawsuit.

From The Daily Beast